State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said prime accused Nur Hossain of Narayanganj abduction case and his family were under law enforcers’ surveillance but went into hiding at one stage.
He came up with this information after a meeting on the security of river routes at the conference room of the Ministry of Home Affairs. The minister, however, did not go into details about Nur Hossain’s escape. The law enforcers were trying their best to arrest those involved in the abduction and murder of seven persons, said the junior minister.
The minister yesterday parried a number of questions, including that of why law enforcers felt the need for raiding the house of Nur on Saturday, seven days after seven persons were abducted and murdered.
On April 27, seven people including Narayanganj City Panel Mayor Nazrul Islam and lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarker were abducted, and two days later their dead bodies were recovered from the Shitalakhya river.
The following day Nazrul’s wife Selina Islam filed a case with Shiddhirganj police station, implicating Shiddhirganj Awami League Vice-President Nur.
Asked whether law enforcers have any hand in the abduction, State Minister for Home Asaduzzaman said: "Everything is subject to investigation.
“If they [law enforcers] are proved to have been involved in the abduction, they will be punished. None shall be spared, even the godfather. We have got the clue and it will help to identify the criminals."
When asked, the minister said: “It is not true that law and order has collapsed. The situation has not worsened that much.”
